An obscure provision in the NHL's labor agreement allows its franchises to replace an injured player on its roster by offering a 24-hour tryout to an amateur player.

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His father was an amateur clarinet player who gave Adams lessons on the instrument when he was in grade school.

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The self-described music lover and amateur keyboard player who was once "absolutely terrorized" by a harmony professor at Juilliard's evening division announced the donation at a news conference Tuesday, two days after his 61st birthday.

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Joining Dredge as a debutant in the event will be England's Kenneth Ferrie, thanks to his sixth place finish at the US Open, and Scot Richie Ramsay, the first British player to win the US Amateur since 1911.

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Pachter believes that if copyright and amateur rules were changed, the inclusion of player likenesses and names could result in higher sales for all college video games.

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According to Stats LLC, Deutsch was the 16th player to join the NHL through the amateur-tryout provision since the start of the 2007-08 season.

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The following year he became the youngest player to appear at the U.S. Amateur, which then -- like its British counterpart -- was one of golf's four major tournaments.

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As a player, Eger won the 1988 U.S. Mid-Amateur and the North and South Amateur in 1991.

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He did it first as an amateur in 1962, and then again in the 1969 when he became the first -- and only -- player to achieve the feat in the open era.

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